jeffw
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| posted on 12/12/10 at 12:51 PM |
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Restoration Ramps
Saw this on another forum and I think it is a smart idea. Anyone got any thoughts or a better solution for working under a car in a normal garage?
http://www.restorationramps.co.uk/phdi/p1.nsf/supppages/ramps?opendocument&part=2
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oadamo
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| posted on 12/12/10 at 01:07 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by jeffw
Saw this on another forum and I think it is a smart idea. Anyone got any thoughts or a better solution for working under a car in a normal garage?
http://www.restorationramps.co.uk/phdi/p1.nsf/supppages/ramps?opendocument&part=2
i made a cheap one of these for a guy it worked out to about 50 quid for the jack and 400 for the ramp fully made and painted, worked very well and
made working on the car dead easy.
adam
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britishtrident
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| posted on 12/12/10 at 01:16 PM |
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I have a very shallow pit normal Halfords ramps and a high lift jack and high axle stands.
At least one Locoster has bought a high lift pallet truck for the purpose
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britishtrident
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| posted on 12/12/10 at 01:20 PM |
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see http://www.esedirect.co.uk/p-2270-standard-high-lift-pallet-trucks-1000kg-capacity.aspx
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 12/12/10 at 01:28 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by jeffw
Saw this on another forum and I think it is a smart idea. Anyone got any thoughts
Seems like a good idea, but I think it's quite expensive for what you actually get, and also very bulky to store. It would have been better if
they had been designed to fold flat.
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 12/12/10 at 01:38 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeRJ
quote:
Originally posted by jeffw
Saw this on another forum and I think it is a smart idea. Anyone got any thoughts
Seems like a good idea, but I think it's quite expensive for what you actually get, and also very bulky to store. It would have been better if
they had been designed to fold flat.
True, Always copy the design  .. Also you could keep the car on the ramps if you don't mind driving up them?
Dan
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StrikerChris
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| posted on 12/12/10 at 04:05 PM |
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How much????!
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interestedparty
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| posted on 12/12/10 at 05:10 PM |
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My inclination would be to make some big chassis stands, and buy a decent jack with plenty of lift, Machine Mart do one for 4X4s about £200, then get
a crawler. Those stands look like they are going to get in the way too much, you couldn't get underneath from the sides, and you couldn't
stand close to the cockpit side either.
As some day it may happen that a victim must be found,
I've got a little list-- I've got a little list
Of society offenders who might well be underground,
And who never would be missed-- who never would be missed!
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scudderfish
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| posted on 12/12/10 at 07:08 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by oadamo
quote:
Originally posted by jeffw
Saw this on another forum and I think it is a smart idea. Anyone got any thoughts or a better solution for working under a car in a normal garage?
http://www.restorationramps.co.uk/phdi/p1.nsf/supppages/ramps?opendocument&part=2
i made a cheap one of these for a guy it worked out to about 50 quid for the jack and 400 for the ramp fully made and painted, worked very well and
made working on the car dead easy.
adam
Fancy making any more? 
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RazMan
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| posted on 12/12/10 at 07:59 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scudderfish
Fancy making any more?
I was thinking ........ group buy anyone?
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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DIY Si
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| posted on 13/12/10 at 07:36 PM |
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I'd still get/buy some tall axle stands and a good jack. As has been said, those ramps really limit sideways access and will be a pig to store.
Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.
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